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Millicent Fenwick: Women are on...

Millicent Fenwick: Women are on...

Women are on the outside when the door to the smoke-filled room is closed.

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Liza Minnelli: Reality is something...

Liza Minnelli: Reality is something...

Reality is something you rise above.

Source: In The Book of Quotes, by Barbara...

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Liza Minnelli: There are so...

Liza Minnelli: There are so...

There are so many girls, and so few princes.

Source: On why girls marry badly, in...

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Virginia Graham: It is not...

Virginia Graham: It is not...

It is not done to let anybody be too happy. The moment two people seem to be enjoying one another's company, a good...

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Phyllis Diller: We spend the...

Phyllis Diller: We spend the...

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling...

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Fanny Burney: . . ....

Fanny Burney: . . ....

. . . Imagination took the reins, and Reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to a race with so eccentric...

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Fanny Burney: Far from having...

Fanny Burney: Far from having...

Far from having taken any positive step, I have not yet even fommed any resolution.

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Elizabeth Fishel: The desire to...

Elizabeth Fishel: The desire to...

The desire to be and have a sister is a primitive and profound one that may have everything or nothing to do with the...

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Julie Burchill: It has been...

Julie Burchill: It has been...

It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out...

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Monica Baldwin: I have always...

Monica Baldwin: I have always...

I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the 24 hours. No...

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Eda LeShan: Education is in...

Eda LeShan: Education is in...

Education is in danger of becoming a religion based on fear; its doctrine is to compete. [O]ur children are being led...

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Ann Oakley: In our defence...

Ann Oakley: In our defence...

In our defence of biology and its mystique we are blind to the dangers of power. Women as the guardians of children...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Doing all we...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Doing all we...

Doing all we can to promote our friend's happiness is better than to continually drink to his...

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Helen Rowland: A fool and...

Helen Rowland: A fool and...

A fool and her money are soon courted.

Source: A Guide to Men, First Interlude ...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: It takes as...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: It takes as...

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

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Grace Paley: The word career...

Grace Paley: The word career...

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: It is the...

Barbara Ehrenreich: It is the...

It is the marketplace that calls most clearly for men to be softer, more narcissistic and receptive, and the new man...

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Florence King: We worship education...

Florence King: We worship education...

We worship education but hate learning.

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-- Florence King, (Jan 5...

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Florence King: He travels fastest...

Florence King: He travels fastest...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

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Peggy Noonan: Most people aren't...

Peggy Noonan: Most people aren't...

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves....

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